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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2026, Jan 29-Feb 4

If Jujutsu Kaisen's ups and downs are giving you whiplash, check out Shiboyugi, a consistently high-rated little surprise. Find out what else is worth your attention in our weekly user rankings. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep...
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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Is Scarlet Mamoru Hosoda’s best film? No. But is it an above-average film worth watching? Absolutely. ― It's obvious from nearly the first scene of acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda's newest film that Scarlet draws from the Shakespearean play Hamlet. Character names and basic plot points are ripped straight out of the play—and Scarlet herself is an obvious female proxy to the titular prince. However, ...
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This Week in Anime - Artsy-Fartsy

Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. ― Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are n...
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Romeo is a Dead Man Video Game Review

A zany story and over-the-top characters, along with an avant-garde and polychromatic presentation, clash with somewhat simplistic combat mechanics and camera issues. ― Suda51 is a Japanese game developer who needs no introduction. Known for games like Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned, his studio Grasshopper Manufacturer continues to take the enigmatic approach in storytel...
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This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers! ― Hello, and welcome once more to another installment of This Week in Mobile Games, your actually-biweekly look at the latest in gaming on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In our first installment, I noted that while the line between mobile games and "regular" games on...
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Hana-Kimi Omnibus Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

It’s got its ups and downs for certain, but this omnibus of the beloved shoujo manga mostly remains a fun read. ― After a slow start, what better way to kick things up than with a school festival? Here we have arrived at one of the more exciting parts of Hana-Kimi's early phases. It approximates itself towards a tournament arc with the way it opens up; what better way to show off than by having the h...
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Game Review

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ends up improving on the original experience enough to make it well worth the time of anyone that wants to check out this early chapter of Kazuma Kiryu's sprawling life story. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties presents the Like a Dragon franchise at an interesting crossroads. Now that the series has achieved a degree of mainstream recognition and success that its original fans...
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Answerman - What's Really Happening With The Crunchyroll Store Delistings?

The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame. ― Anime fans ask: I've been following some worrying developments with the Crunchyroll Store lately and wanted to get your take on what's happening. You might have seen the news that the Crunchyroll Store is allegedly pulling low-selling in-stock inventory items. Word has...
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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Anime Series Review

There is a single joke at the core of this anime: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. ― There is a single joke at the core of Let This Grieving Soul Retire!: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. Now, you might think that knowi...
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You and Idol Precure♪ Episodes 37-49 Anime Review

You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn’t bother to water them. You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn't bother to water them. Nowhere is this better seen than in the case of Kaito. Although he's not a ma...
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Dorohedoro Anime Season 2's Visual Reveals Updated Staff, April 1 Global Debut

Miho Sugiura, Itsuku Onishi credited for art direction, color key in new season ― The official website for the anime of Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga revealed the second season's key visual by character designer Tomohiro Kishi on Sunday. The visual announces the new season's updated staff, and it also announces that the season will premiere on Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on var...

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Voice Actress Nao Toyama Announces Upcoming Hiatus

Final concert announced for March 11, 2027 ― Voice actress and singer Nao Toyama announced on Sunday that she will enter a hiatus as "a positive decision to deliver a culmination of her decade-long journey and to think about the next phase of her career." She also revealed that she will perform her 10th anniversary final live concert at the Nippon Budokan on her birthday March 11, 2027. She did not r...
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Shanghai License Company Issues Statement After Chinese Social Media Criticizes Detective Conan Series for Collaborating With Banned My Hero Academia Franchise

China removed My Hero Academia series in February 2020 for using controversial character name ― The Shanghai Character License Administrative Company issued a statement on January 31 after Chinese social networking sites criticized Gosho Aoyama's Detective Conan series for doing an illustration collaboration with Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia series. Chinese digital platforms had removed the My ...
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Your Anime Rankings - Best of Winter 2026, Jan 29-Feb 4

If Jujutsu Kaisen's ups and downs are giving you whiplash, check out Shiboyugi, a consistently high-rated little surprise. Find out what else is worth your attention in our weekly user rankings. ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep...
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The Case Book of Arne #6 [rate]
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Scarlet Anime Film Review

Is Scarlet Mamoru Hosoda’s best film? No. But is it an above-average film worth watching? Absolutely. ― It's obvious from nearly the first scene of acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda's newest film that Scarlet draws from the Shakespearean play Hamlet. Character names and basic plot points are ripped straight out of the play—and Scarlet herself is an obvious female proxy to the titular prince. However, ...
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CyberAgent Turns Cygames Pictures Into Consolidated Subsidiary CyPic

Cygames Pictures becomes CyberAgent's subsidiary on February 27, changes name on April 6 ― Media advertising company CyberAgent announced last Friday that Cygames Pictures will become a consolidated subsidiary of CyberAgent on February 27. Cygames Pictures is currently a subsidiary of CyberAgent's subsidiary Cygames. Cygames Pictures will change its name to CyPic on April 6. Nobuhiro Tanaka will cont...
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Crunchyroll to Stream Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Anime Film in Spring

Film to stream subbed/dubbed ― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, this spring in subtitled and dubbed formats. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired worldwide theatrical rights the film. The company opened the film in theaters in the United States on October...
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The Darwin Incident #6 [rate]
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Let's Go Kaikigumi Horror Comedy Anime's 2 More Cast Members Listed

Yoshino Aoyama as Shurako, Yuki Sakakihara as Doppelganger ― Ota-suke listed on Tuesday two more cast members for the television anime adaptation of Byū's Let's Go Kaikigumi manga. Yoshino Aoyama as Shurako, Mechako's cousin who plots to defeat Mechako and become the leader of "Kaikigumi" Yuki Sakakihara as Doppelganger, who can transform into any person The anime will run on TBS and 27 affiliated ch...
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This Week in Anime - Artsy-Fartsy

Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. ― Is anime art? Where does the line between "art" and "pretentiousness" get drawn? Or is all art quite useless? Sylvia and Chris explore these erudite issues. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are n...
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There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her #6 [rate]
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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers #6 [rate]
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The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter #6 [rate]
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Live-Action One Piece Series Season 2 Trailer Previews New Characters, Locations

New visual, message from Oda unveiled for season premiering on March 10 ― Netflix began streaming on Tuesday a trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line, the second live-action season, based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The video previews the characters and locations introduced in the second season: Netlfix also shared a new visual and a message from series creator Eiichiro Oda: The second sea...
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Romeo is a Dead Man Video Game Review

A zany story and over-the-top characters, along with an avant-garde and polychromatic presentation, clash with somewhat simplistic combat mechanics and camera issues. ― Suda51 is a Japanese game developer who needs no introduction. Known for games like Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned, his studio Grasshopper Manufacturer continues to take the enigmatic approach in storytel...
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Tune In to the Midnight Heart #6 [rate]
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Golden Kamuy Final Season ‒ Episode 55

Golden Kamuy is one of the most human stories I’ve ever experienced and this episode reminded me of that.
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The Demon King's Daughter Is Too Kind!! #7 [rate]
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Wash It All Away ‒ Episode 6

A wonderful use of music and chillaxed vibes are enough to make me overlook a few flaws here and there.
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Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season Announces 3 More Cast Members

Shūgo Nakamura, Atsushi Tamaru, Kento Hama play rival team members ― The website for Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season, the sequel to the 2019-2020 anime of Yūji Terajima's Ace of Diamond Act II (Daiya no A Act II) manga, announced three more cast members on Tuesday. The three are (from left to right in the image below): Shūgo Nakamura as Kōya Urabe, a third-year student and Norikane Academy's pitc...
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Needy Streamer Overload Anime's 2nd Video Unveils Cast Member, Opening Song

Anna Nagase voices café-working student Kache with opening theme by "KAngel" ― The website for the television anime of WSS (Why So Serious) Playground and Xemono's Needy Streamer Overload game (Needy Girl Overdose in Japanese) presented the anime's second full promotional video on Tuesday. The video announces and previews one more cast member as well as the opening theme song for the anime. Anna Naga...

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Hasbro to Make Street Fighter, Voltron Toys

Team them up with the Hasbro KPop Demon Hunters toys ― American toy maker Hasbro announced last week it is creating toys for both the Street Fighter and Voltron franchises. The Street Fighter line is set to feature action figures, other toys, and collectibles based on this year's live-action Street Fighter film. The Voltron toy line will also feature action figures and other toys but will add “rolepl...
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Digimon Beatbreak Anime Casts VTuber Hakui Koyori

Hakui voices Yume Ikuhara, partner Digimon Tinkermon in episode 19 on Sunday ― The official X/Twitter account for Digimon Beatbreak, the new television anime for the Digimon franchise, revealed on Tuesday that VTuber Hakui Koyori (right in image below) will voice both Yume Ikuhara and Tinkermon, her partner Digimon. The characters will debut in the anime's 19th episode this coming Sunday.The anime pr...
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Boston Red Sox Celebrate 3rd Annual One Piece Event on May 12

Get an exclusive Straw Hat Crew Red Sox bomber jacket ― Toei Animation announced on Friday that legendary anime series One Piece is returning to Fenway Park in collaboration with the Boston Red Sox baseball team for the third annual One Piece Theme Night on May 12. Fans who attend the event will receive a commemorative One Piece Boston Red Sox bomber jacket. The bomber jacket features the Straw Hat P...
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'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess #17 [rate]
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Fate/strange Fake ‒ Episode 6

Ayaka is a young woman ruled by guilt. Saber is a man ruled by his passions.
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BlazBlue Entropy Effect X Game Unveils Story Trailer

Game launches for PS5, Switch, Xbox X|S on Thursday ― 91Act streamed a new trailer on Monday for the BlazBlue Entropy Effect X roguelite game, introducing the story. The game will launch for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S on Thursday.The company describes the game:BlazBlue Entropy Effect X is a roguelite action game where players take control of 14 unique characters from the ...
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Trigun Stargaze ‒ Episode 5

Only an action sci-fi as nutty as Trigun can equip one of its most dangerous antagonists with a murder-saxophone, and somehow make it work.
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The Great Jahy's Wakame Konbu Debuts New Series on February 12

This year's 10th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine announced on Thursday that Wakame Konbu will launch the Watashi no Koto Suki Janakatta ka yo!? (Wait, So You DON'T Like Me?!) manga in the magazine on February 12. The magazine teases the manga as a harem rom-com full of mistaken assumptions and people who think way too highly of themselves. The manga centers on a boy named Okabe, who has sw...
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 ‒ Episode 4

The date, as constructed, was a failure—but in that failure, it becomes a success.
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Crunchyroll Manga Adds 30 New Titles from J-Novel Club

Demon Lord, Retry!, To Another World... with Land Mines!, more added to app ― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it has added the following titles from J-Novel Club to its Crunchyroll Manga app:A Cave King's Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!A Late-Start Tamer's Laid-Back LifeButareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons...
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Abrams ComicArts' Kana Licenses Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World Manga

Asano's short story collection launches in English in November ― Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint announced on Monday that it will release Inio Asano's Before Dawn and The End Of The World (Sekai no Owari to Yoake-Mae) manga, starting in November. Asano debuted the collection of short stories in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2005 and ended it in 2008. Shogakukan published a single compiled...
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Gnosia ‒ Episodes 16-17

I am frustrated because I feel like I am cooking my brain to reckon with Gnosia's convoluted web of a narrative without getting anything but more teases in return.
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Maki Enjōji Launches New Series in March

Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni debuts on March 6 ― The March issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Petit Comic magazine announced on Friday Maki Enjōji will launch a new series Suki no Hitotsu mo Ienai Kuse ni (Even Though I Can't Even Utter Words of Love) in the next issue on March 6.The series follows shojo comic artist Riko Hiiragi, who is taking a break from romance. While attending the wedding of her ...
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This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers! ― Hello, and welcome once more to another installment of This Week in Mobile Games, your actually-biweekly look at the latest in gaming on phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In our first installment, I noted that while the line between mobile games and "regular" games on...
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Dead Account ‒ Episode 5

Somehow, by some unholy anti-miracle, this anime's laughably bad animation and art style have stunned me again.
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Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix Manga Gets Live Manga Performance at MoN Takanawa Museum

Performance based on Phoenix: Future Arc runs from April 22-May 16 at new museum ― MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives announced that Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix (Hi no Tori) manga is inspiring a live manga performance titled Mangalogue: Hinotori that will run from April 22-May 16 at the museum's Box1000 theaters. The performance is part of the museum's new "Mangalogue" series, which projects the manga...
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Mario Tennis Fever Game Unveils Opening Cinematic Video

Game launches for Switch 2 on Thursday ― Nintendo began streaming on Monday the opening cinematic for Mario Tennis Fever, a new game in the Mario Tennis series. The video shows Mario and Bowser playing a doubles tennis match against Peach and Daisy: The game will launch for Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday. The game introduces Fever Rackets, which give characters various abilities such as fire, ice, shr...
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Fire Force Season 3 ‒ Episode 17

Any episode that gives Ogun more screen time to kick ass and charm the pants off the audience is bound to be a good one.
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Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Game Adds Infinity Castle Tanjiro DLC on February 13

Infinity Castle Akaza launched on December 19 ― Aniplex began streaming on Monday a trailer for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, the sequel game to the 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles game, and it reveals that the fourth DLC character for the "Infinity Castle Part 1 Character Pass," the Infinity Castle version of Tanjiro, will launch on Friday. ...
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Hana-Kimi Omnibus Volumes 4-6 Manga Review

It’s got its ups and downs for certain, but this omnibus of the beloved shoujo manga mostly remains a fun read. ― After a slow start, what better way to kick things up than with a school festival? Here we have arrived at one of the more exciting parts of Hana-Kimi's early phases. It approximates itself towards a tournament arc with the way it opens up; what better way to show off than by having the h...
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Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet Anime Film Earns US$260,000 in United States

Live-action Return to Silent Hill film earns approximately US$5,544,971 after its 3rd weekend ― The Numbers reported that Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's new anime film Scarlet (Hateshi naki Scarlet in Japanese, literally "Scarlet Without Limits") earned US$260,000 at the United States box office in its first weekend. Box Office Mojo reports that the live-action Return to Silent Hill film has earned...
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Roll Over and Die ‒ Episode 5

This is precisely what I want out of their relationship—two “cursed” women doing the difficult work of undoing the harm others inflicted onto them.
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You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends! #6 [rate]
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Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Game Review

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties ends up improving on the original experience enough to make it well worth the time of anyone that wants to check out this early chapter of Kazuma Kiryu's sprawling life story. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties presents the Like a Dragon franchise at an interesting crossroads. Now that the series has achieved a degree of mainstream recognition and success that its original fans...
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Answerman - What's Really Happening With The Crunchyroll Store Delistings?

The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame. ― Anime fans ask: I've been following some worrying developments with the Crunchyroll Store lately and wanted to get your take on what's happening. You might have seen the news that the Crunchyroll Store is allegedly pulling low-selling in-stock inventory items. Word has...
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Sentenced to Be a Hero ‒ Episode 5

Sure, all the fundamentals are there, but they aren’t used in a terribly effective or creative manner.
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Golden Kamuy #55 [rate]
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Naver Webtoon Launches 'Flower Scholar' Character Project With Global Merch Push

Project features characters from Operation: True Love, My In-Laws Are Obsessed with Me, Can't Get Enough of You, Selfish Romance, The Fox Club ― Naver Webtoon has unveiled a new character-driven crossover project ahead of Lunar New Year, bringing together popular male leads from multiple series under a shared “flower scholar” concept. Titled Flower Scholar Squad, the initiative marks the platform's ...
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes #19 [rate]
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A Joyful Life Webtoon Gets Short-Form Live-Action Series Adaptation

Webtoon tells healing coming-of-age story about young woman trapped in a hollow life A Joyful Life, a girl's love webtoon originally serialized on Kakao Webtoon between 2023 and 2025, has been adapted into a short-form live-action series, marking another example of webtoon IP expanding into vertical video formats. Produced by KSNPICK, Korea's largest casting-platform operator, the short-form serie...
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The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife ‒ Episode 5

I don't think anyone ever feels comfortable being the least experienced one in a relationship.
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Wash It All Away #6 [rate]
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Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? Manga Gets 2nd Volume After Nearly 5 Years

Manga is sequel to Hirochi Maki's Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? manga ― Kodansha is listing a second volume of Hirochi Maki's Soredemo Kichijoji dake ga Sumitai Machi Desu ka? (Even Still, Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?) manga as shipping on February 19. This will be the first new volume for the manga in nearly five years since the first volume shipped in October 2021. The second volume ...
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The Stellar Swordmaster Webtoon Gets Mobile RPG Adaptation

Webtoon is currently available in 10 languages, has surpassed 250 million global views ― Naver Webtoon's animation and games subsidiary Studio RICO has officially begun development on a new mobile game based on the global hit webtoon/web novel The Stellar Swordmaster, the company announced on Monday. The upcoming title will be published by Studio RICO in partnership with Korean game developer CodeDr...
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Chained Soldier Season 2 ‒ Episode 5

If Chained Soldier is going to start cutting corners with the T&A of all things, then what are we even doing here?
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The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade Manga Ends

Series debuted in March 2023 ― Square Enix's Manga Up! platform published the final chapter of author Neko Suzumori and artist Ryō Miyama's The Duke's Daughter Drops Her Engagement and Facade (Konyaku Haki Sareta Kōshaku Reijō wa Reijō no Kamen o Nugisuteru) manga on Monday. Manga UP! Global publishes the series in English and describes the story: After being publicly dumped by her fiancé, the Crown ...
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Toomics Denies Sale Rumors as It Seeks New Investment

Company responds after report earlier this month stated Toomics had begun process to sell management control ― Toomics, a Korea-based webtoon platform known for adult-oriented titles, has denied recent reports claiming the company is being sold. Sooseong Webtoons, the largest shareholder of Toomics Holdings, said on February 4 there is no plan to sell management control of the company, pushing back ...
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Manga Plus Adds Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! Manga

Manga launched in Tonari no Young Jump in March 2025 ― Manga Plus added Akira Moriguchi's Stop! I'm Falling for You! manga in English on February 5 with the first 38 chapters. Manga Plus describes the series: Is it intentional or innocent?! A messy-minded rom-com that lives up to its name!! Matsura is a calm, composed high school boy who's always lived his life putting up a front. He's good at readin...
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Kadokawa Releases 'Farewell, My Firsts,' Shino & Ren Manga in English

Farewell, My Firsts releases on February 10; Shino & Ren on February 13 ― Kadokawa revealed on Friday that it will release the following girl's love manga digitally in English in February:Title: Farewell, My Firsts: How My Heartless Childhood Friend Stole All My First Experiences One Bet at a Time (Shōwaru Tensai Osananajimi to no Shōbu ni Makete Shotaiken wo Zenbu Ubawareru Hanashi) Creators: El Kon...
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The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch Anime Announces Ending Theme Song Artist

Spira Spica to perform 'Tune Up' ― The official website for the television anime of Yōsuke Kaneda's The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch (Kuroneko to Majo no Kyōshitsu) manga announced on Sunday Spira Spica will perform the ending theme "Tune Up" for the series.The anime will premiere on the "Agaru Anime" programming block on CBC, TBS and 26 other channels in April.The anime stars:Kaede Hondo as ...
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Anime Film Gets Theatrical Release

Film to screen for one week beginning February 20 ― The official YouTube channel for Shingo Yamashita's Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Chō Kaguya-hime!) anime film revealed on Saturday the film will get a limited one-week theatrical run in Japanese theaters beginning on February 20. The below video features the ending theme, the cast's cover of BUMP OF CHICKEN's song "ray."    Netflix began streaming the f...

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Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Blackpink's Jisoo Name Their Favorite Pokémon

Charles Leclerc, Lamine Yamal, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Young Miko also star in Super Bowl ad ― Sunday's National Football League championship game, Super Bowl LX, saw Pokémon kick off its 30th anniversary with a commercial that asks, “What's Your Favorite?” The commercial stars musicians Lady Gaga, Jisoo, and Young Miko, along with comedian Trevor Noah, F1 Driver Charles Leclerc, association football...
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The Case Book of Arne Anime Casts Yūko Miyamura as Red Riding Hood

Phantom Thief Red Riding Hood appears in episode 7 on February 18 ― The official website for the television anime of Game Magazine's The Case Book of Arne (Arne no Jiken-bo) mystery game announced on Monday that Yūko Miyamura is joining the anime's cast as the Phantom Thief Red Riding Hood, who will appear in the anime's seventh episode on February 18. The anime premiered on January 6 on NTV and othe...
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Airs Super Bowl Commercial

Film opens in U.S., U.K. on April 1 & in Japan on April 24 ― Illumination and Universal Pictures unveiled a new commercial for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, during the Super Bowl LX game on Sunday. The film will open in the United States and the United Kingdom on April 1, in other select territories on April 3, and in Japan on April 24.Illumination founder a...
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NEJIGANAMETA's Ladies on Top Manga Gets Live-Action Series

ONE N' ONLY leader Hayato Takao, Donbrothers' Kohaku Shida star in role-reversal rom-com debuting on March 5 ― MBS announced on Monday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of NEJIGANAMETA's Ladies on Top (Onnanoko ga Daicha Dame desu ka?) manga that will premiere on the "Dramaphil" programming block on March 5.ONE N' ONLY group leader Hayato Takao (Yukari-kun wa Gap ga Zurui, Battle K...
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Observation Records of My Fiancée Anime's New Video Reveals 4 Cast Members

Ayumu Murase, Ayaka Ōhashi, Shun Horie, Iori Saeki join anime's cast ― Alphapolis began streaming the fourth promotional video for the television anime of author Shiki and illustrator Wan Hachipisu's Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess (Jishō Akuyaku Reijō na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku.) light novel series on Monday. The video announces four more ca...
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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories #5 [rate]
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Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Anime Series Review

There is a single joke at the core of this anime: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. ― There is a single joke at the core of Let This Grieving Soul Retire!: No matter how far the odds are stacked against him, Krai is always going to win—and it's going to be completely by accident. Now, you might think that knowi...
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Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! TV Anime Unveils 4 More Characters, New Teaser

Series debuts in April ― The staff for the television anime of Kumako Hisama's Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! (Living Life to the Fullest in a Tiny One-Tatami-Mat-Sized Room) manga introduced four more characters and a teaser trailer on Monday.  The four characters are Michika Narumi (a first-year student at a different high school from Meiko's, who works at a cat café in the same building as Hedgehog), ...
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The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer #6 [rate]
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Journal With Witch #6 [rate]
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Hell's Paradise #5 [rate]
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DIGIMON BEATBREAK #18 [rate]
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Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power #6 [rate]
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The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom #5 [rate]
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Kunon the Sorcerer Can See #7 [rate]
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Hana-Kimi #7 [rate]
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Hana-Kimi TV Anime Presents 3 More Cast Members With 2nd Visual

Masaaki Mizunaka, Junya Enoki, Takehito Koyasu (in reprisal from CD drama) join cast ― The official website for the anime of late manga creator Hisaya Nakajo's Hana-Kimi manga presented the anime's second key visual and three more cast members on Sunday. The newly announced cast members are: Masaaki Mizunaka as Megumi Tennōji Junya Enoki as Itsuki Kujō Takehito Koyasu as Masao Himejima Notably, Koyas...

Dorohedoro Anime Season 2's Visual Reveals Updated Staff, April 1 Global Debut

Miho Sugiura, Itsuku Onishi credited for art direction, color key in new season ― The official website for the anime of Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro manga revealed the second season's key visual by character designer Tomohiro Kishi on Sunday. The visual announces the new season's updated staff, and it also announces that the season will premiere on Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on var...
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1st New Made in Abyss Anime Film's Teaser Unveils More Staff, Fall Opening

Kevin Penkin returns to score Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi, 1st of 3 films ― The "Made in Abyss FIlm Concert" debuted the teaser trailer for Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi (Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery), the first film in the new Made in Abyss anime film trilogy, on Sunday. The teaser announces more staff members and the fall 2026 opening for the first film. The newly announced staff members ar...
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You and I Are Polar Opposites #5 [rate]
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In the Clear Moonlit Dusk #5 [rate]

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SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes #18 [rate]
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Star Detective Precure! #2 [rate]
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You and Idol Precure♪ Episodes 37-49 Anime Review

You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn’t bother to water them. You and Idol Precure♪ has, I have come to realize, one very specific problem: it plants the seeds of meaningful storylines and then doesn't bother to water them. Nowhere is this better seen than in the case of Kaito. Although he's not a ma...
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Medalist #3 [rate]
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Scum of the Brave #5 [rate]
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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider #18 [rate]
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Tongal Plans to Develop Feature Film Based on Koei Tecmo's Tecmo Bowl Classic American Football Game

Company looks for designers, animators to "reimagine" 8-bit characters from game as 3D characters for hybrid live-action, CGI film ― Entertainment news website Variety reported on Tuesday that the creator-driven studio and platform Tongal is developing a feature film based on Koei Tecmo's Tecmo Bowl classic American football game. Tongal launched a pitch-submission website for the project. The compan...
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A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans #5 [rate]
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Dead Account #5 [rate]
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Trigun Stargaze #5 [rate]
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Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 26-February 1

Totto-Chan film earns 3.3% rating, Star Detective Precure! premiere earns 3.1% rating ― Hideki Takeuchi's live-action film of Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! manga aired on NTV on Friday, January 30 at 9:00 p.m. on NTV, and earned a 9.6% rating. Shinnosuke Yakuwa and Shin-Ei Animation's anime film adaptation of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) au...
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Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling #5 [rate]

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Anime Gets 6th Season

Announced at "Aedes Vesta" event on Saturday ― "Aedes Vesta," the 10th anniversary event for the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? franchise, announced on Saturday that the franchise will have a sixth anime season. Fujino Ōmori's original Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka) light novel series currently has 21 volum...
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Japan's Video Game Rankings, January 26-February 1

Code Vein II debuts at #1 ― Japan's Game Ranking: January 26-February 1 Rank System Title Publisher Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 1PS5Code Vein II Bandai Namco Entertainment January 29 14,452 14,452 2NSw 2Mario Kart World Nintendo June 5, 2025 12,445 2,805,146 3NSw 2Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo January 15 9,941 52,918 4NSwAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo March 20, 2020 9,042...

Viz Media to Release 2018 Captain Tsubasa Anime, 2023 Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc Anime on DVD in April (Updated)

Both DVD sets include Japanese, English, Spanish dubs; English, Spanish subtitles ― Viz Media and other retailers are listing that the company will release the Captain Tsubasa: The Complete Season and Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc - The Complete Season anime on separate DVD sets on April 7. Viz Media confirmed with ANN on Friday that it will release both sets on DVD only, and that the sets will h...
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Live-Action Blue Lock Film Reveals Trailer, More Cast, August 7 Debut

Masataka Kubota plays Jinpachi Ego ― The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUELOCK soccer manga revealed on Friday one more cast member alongside a new visual and trailer. The trailer reveals the film will open in Japan on August 7. The new cast member is Masataka Kubota as Jinpachi Ego.The account has been unveiling a new character e...
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